Chapter 62: The Female Corpse of a Noblewoman with Multiple Fetuses

  I think everyone is struggling to make a living, desperately surviving, like Chen Haiyuan, like the two-faced baby, like Hongmei, like Lei Yongchang, like Mr. Wu from Taiwan and his family, like Ah Hao, like Zhu Huiling, like Qing Cheng and Qing Jiang, like that fetus who stayed in the womb for 20 months and refused to come out... Actually, everyone is working hard to survive, it's just that some people don't have anyone to guide them or give them a helping hand, so they gradually stray further and further away, and can never turn back.

  But I believe that goodness still prevails in human nature, and the fragrance of flowers blooming from kindness will cover up the stench of rotting soil in darkness, just like how the two-faced baby called out to Chen Haiyan "Dad, sorry" before it died.

  Thinking of this, I decided to go for a walk along the riverbank in Longjiang. It's been a long time since I last went there to feel the river breeze. When I arrived at the riverbank, the sky suddenly turned very dark, and it seemed that a big storm was approaching soon.

  People by the river are in a hurry, rushing to find a place to take shelter before the heavy rain falls. When everyone is running around frantically, if there is one person who remains calm and composed, walking slowly and steadily, they will stand out as being different from the crowd.

  I saw such an elegant woman 20 meters in front of me. She looked over 40 years old, but was well-maintained, with a smooth and fair complexion, jet-black hair, a long face, very much like the Bodhisattva's face in the old version of "Journey to the West" I watched when I was young, full of noble and elegant temperament, as if all the smoke and dust of time had nothing to do with her.

  I looked at her and felt that she was very familiar, always feeling like I had seen her somewhere before, but I was also very sure that this was the first time I saw her. The raindrops were as big as beans and fell to the ground with a patter. But she didn't show any signs of panic, still walking slowly step by step. Then a black Mercedes pulled up beside her, a middle-aged man in a suit got out and opened the door for her. She slowly got into the car, and it slowly drove away.

  As her car drove away, I suddenly remembered where I had seen her before: on the seventh floor of the town hospital, in the morgue. When I opened the drawer, I saw that elegant woman. Yes, this noblewoman and the one I saw in the morgue at that time were identical in appearance.

  I naturally don't believe people can die and come back to life, so I think maybe they're twin sisters?

  It's almost Christmas and New Year's Day is approaching, Longcheng presents a joyful and festive atmosphere.

  After returning from Mount Lei Gong, for these two weeks, my daily life has been eating, walking, going online and sleeping, living a retired life like an elderly person.

  Huier Lan and Chen Qiuyang are still nowhere to be found. Huier Lan works part-time at the Cultural Palace teaching taekwondo, while Chen Qiuyang works as a chef in a hotel. Sometimes I don't understand why they work so hard doing so many part-time jobs to make money, when No Evil Society already pays them a salary that exceeds the average white-collar worker's pay and is more than enough.

  After the Leigong Inn incident was exposed by the media, the reputation of Wuye Society became more and more resounding, and more and more people came to entrust them with cases. However, just like after the Liu Long Village incident last time, there were still many boring cases.

  That day, I was reading the newspaper in the hall when I saw a man wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase walking in. He looked about my age. To my surprise, it was Jian Zhen Nan, my deskmate from high school. As soon as he saw me, he greeted me enthusiastically, and I rushed over to welcome him.

  Old classmates and friends haven't seen each other for many years, so they naturally can't help but chat for a while.

  Jian Zhen Nan was my deskmate after I was assigned to a new class in the second year of high school. At that time, we two were often chatty during lessons and not focused on listening to the teacher, so our headteacher moved us to sit at the first row near the door. Even then, with our abundant energy, we still often got distracted during lessons and couldn't help but read extracurricular books while sitting in the front row under the teacher's nose.

  At that time, we had the same hobby, which was to like reading adventure and detective books. Jian Zhen Nan's curiosity was even stronger than mine, and he often saw some extraordinary events in ordinary scenes.

  For example, he once told me that he discovered the principal and a music teacher of a higher level had an improper relationship. I asked him if he saw them having an affair or something, but he said no. He said that every time there was a meeting or gathering, the principal and the music teacher would ignore each other, not even saying hello. I said isn't this just because they're not familiar with each other? He said it looks like they're not familiar, but normally teachers would greet the principal as a matter of course, yet they didn't, which is strange. It's because they have a guilty conscience and are deliberately pretending to be unfamiliar with each other, when in fact they have a secret affair.

  At that time, I didn't take Jian Zhen Nan's analysis seriously and thought he was just daydreaming. But a month later, the principal was removed from his position because he was caught by his wife having an affair with the music teacher in a hotel room. The incident caused a huge stir and everyone knew about it. From then on, I thought Jian Zhen Nan was very impressive, with a keen eye for observation that could pick up on tiny details.

  This time we meet, we all sighed a lot.

  Jian Zhen Nan said: "I also knew about your situation from reading the newspaper, kid's doing pretty well, even became a president."

  "I said: 'Old classmate, don't tease me anymore, what work are you doing now?'"

  Work in an internet company.

  "You're just an okay IT person!"

  "Alright, let's stop flattering each other haha, I came this time mainly because there's something I need your help with."

  "Old classmate, go ahead and say it, I'll definitely help if I can."

  Jian Zhen Nan took out his laptop from his briefcase and said to me, "Before I ask my question, take a look at this video clip first. This is a compilation of several videos that I edited using software."

  He opened the video playback for me to watch: indeed, there were several compilations, including movies, TV shows, and entertainment programs. First, I saw a colorful scene of them dancing in a Shanghai restaurant from "Indiana Jones 2: The Legend of the Magic Palace". Second was a scene from "Running Brothers" searching for food at a night market in Korea. Third was a scene from "Line Walker" where Charmaine Sheh and Raymond Lam ran through the streets of Hong Kong. Fourth was a scene from "Heaven and Earth" where people panicked and fled after a comet hit the earth. Fifth was a scene from CCTV's "Star Avenue" where the audience applauded during the final round of a certain year. Sixth was a live interview video with ordinary people on the street. Seventh was the 2008 Beijing Olympics volleyball match, the spectator stands.

  The entire video collection is actually very short, less than 3 minutes. I quickly finished watching it and said: "I don't understand what you want me to watch this video for. There are movies, TV dramas, variety shows, and competition programs here, but I can't see anything out of the ordinary."

  Jian Zhen Nan said: "Of course, if no one reminds you specially, no one will notice that there is any mystery in it. But if I tell you to pay attention to a point, you will definitely find it." After Jian Zhen Nan finished speaking, he replayed the video and then paused it, pointing at a person in the first video "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2: The Shanghai Dance Hall" and said: "Please notice this person."

  I saw that Jian Zhen Nan was pointing at a woman in the crowd. When I took a closer look, I immediately recognized that this woman was the same corpse I had seen in the morgue of the town hospital and also the noblewoman by the Dragon River...

  I continued watching the rest of the videos with a jumping heart, which shocked me even more, because in these videos this noblewoman appeared among the crowd. This is too incredible!

  "Now you think it's amazing, right? This woman with such a noble temperament actually appeared in so many places, and 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' was shot in 1983."

  "Actually, I saw this noblewoman not long ago."

  I told Jian Zhen Nan about the two times I met this noblewoman, and Jian Zhen Nan said: "My discovery was actually very accidental. That day, I first watched 'Running Brothers' and then watched 'The Apostles', and as a result, I discovered this interesting thing. Then in the past half month, whenever I watch any video, I will pay attention to this point. As a result, it only took me half a month to discover that this noblewoman appeared in various places at different times."

  I analyzed: "This situation can be analyzed as follows: First, this noblewoman does not need to work and runs around the world all day, very fond of entertainment activities, likes to be a passerby, so appears in many movies and TV dramas. However, the probability is very low, so there will be a second analysis, that is, this noblewoman has several twin sisters, such as triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, which greatly increases her chances of appearing in various places."

  Jian Zhen Nan said: "Indeed it is, but I always feel that there are inexplicable things in this. So, I'd like to ask you to help me investigate when you have time."

  I readily accepted his entrustment, because I thought this matter was indeed quite interesting, at least it didn't involve the brutality and violence of cases like Yang Hong's case, Liu Long Village case, or Lei Gong Inn case where someone always ended up dead.

  After sending Jian Zhen Nan away, I dialed the phone number of Leigong Town Hospital's personnel department and asked them to help me check the information of a corpse. Because I remembered that on that day, in which room, which cabinet, and which box was the corpse, so it was very convenient to find it.

  However, the reply they gave me half an hour later was disappointing: "There is no record of this corpse, sir. Did you remember the morgue number and cabinet number incorrectly? On that day, what you said inside, there was no body at all."

  She hung up the phone coldly after finishing speaking. I have great faith in my memory, and I must not be mistaken. Was it Chen Haiyan who put her body there that day?